Plain English guides to choosing and fitting the parts riders ask us about most. Each one links to the matching fitment chart and to the parts we stock, so you can go straight from the advice to the right part for your bike.
Buying and fitting guides
- Motorcycle air filters: foam, paper, oiling and finding yours: Foam or paper, pre-oiled or non-oiled, how to clean and oil a foam air filter, and how to find the right filter for your motocross or road bike.
- Chain and Sprocket Guide for MX, Enduro and Road Bikes: Chain sizes 415 to 530 explained, why to change chain and sprockets together, gearing, counting teeth and checking wear for MX, enduro and road bikes.
- Motorcycle fork seals and dust seals: leaks, sizes and fitting: Leaking fork seals? Spot the signs, match your seal to fork tube sizes from 27mm to 49mm, choose kits or single seals and follow the basic fitting steps.
- Choosing Motorcycle and MX Brake Pads: Organic, sintered or semi-sintered? How to choose motorcycle and MX brake pads, find the right fit, bed them in and know when to replace them.
- Motorcycle oil filter guide: finding the right HF number: Which oil filter fits your bike? How HF numbers work, how to find yours in our chart of 803 models, and tips for a clean oil and filter change.
- MX and enduro piston kits: sizes, gaskets and finding yours: When a top end is due, what piston grade letters mean, what comes in a kit and how to find the right piston and gasket kit for your MX or enduro bike.
Cross references and fitment charts
- EBC brake pad cross reference: find the equivalent pad for an EBC FA number.
- OEM part number cross reference: original manufacturer numbers matched to the replacement part.
- Fitment charts: oil filters, air filters, batteries, brake pads, sprockets, fork seals and wheel bearings by make and model.
- Parts by bike model and the bike finder.
Questions about a part? Email sales@apexpowersports.co.uk with your make, model, year and the part number if you have it.